Juliana Martinez Associate Professor World Languages and Cultures
- Degrees
- PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures. University of California, Berkeley
BA in Literature. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogot獺, Colombia - Bio
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Professor Mart穩nez focuses on the intersection of violence and body politics in Latin America. Her two main areas of research are: representation of historical violence recent cultural production; and gender and sexualityparticularly transgender studies. Her book "" was released in December 2020, and is the winner of the 2021 William M. Leo Grande Award.
Professor Mart穩nez regularly teaches courses on Latin American literature, film and history; gender and sexuality; Latin American feminisms; narratives of violence (particularly in Colombia and Mexico); and women writers in Latin America.
Within the 51勛圖 community, Professor Mart穩nez is also part of the advisory board of the Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies program, and a member of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS).
Recent publications include the book (loosely translated as Trans-ing knowledge: trans* peoples education in Argentina). Co-edited with Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, and published with La Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2018), the book gathers the personal narratives of 33 trans students and teachers as they reflect on the challenges and opportunities of trans-inclusion in 3 different sites of public education in Argentina. The 2019 dossier "Violent Tales: Cultural Representation in Colombia and Mexico was edited in collaboration with for .
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Articles
- .泭Revista de Estudios Colombianos.泭55 (2020): 42-49.
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. "Competing Visions and Contested Spaces in La sirga and Colombia magia salvaje." LIII. March, 2019.
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. Making audible in the mouth whereof one cannot speak: Spectral Adoptions in Juan Manuel Echavarr穩as Requiem NN. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies: Traves穩a. Online First, Feb. 6th, 2019:
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. Beyond the Ventriloquism of Diversity, How Mujer T is Transing Inclusion in Bogot獺. Special Issue: Contested Terrains: Women of Color and Third World Women, Feminisms, and Geopolitics. Hypatia. A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. Vol. 32, Issue 3 (Summer 2017): 679-695.
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. Dressed Like a Man? Of Language, Bodies and Monsters in the Trial of Enrique/Enriqueta Favez and its Contemporary Accounts. Journal of the History of Sexuality. 26, 2 (May 2017): 188-206. 泭泭泭泭泭泭泭
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. 2014. Monstruosa caricia, espectralidad, (auto)erotismo y resistencia en Se簽or que no conoce la luna. Interdisciplina, Revista del Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades de la Universidad Aut籀noma de M矇xico. Vol. 2, num. 3 (2014): 91-108.
Co-authored articles
- Mart穩nez, Juliana and Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador. Travar el saber: travesti-centred knowledge-making and education. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 40:5 (2021): 665678.
- Chaux, Enrique; Le籀n, Manuela; Mart穩nez, Juliana; and Cuellar, Lina. Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean.泭Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. January 22, 2021. Doi:泭
- Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador, and Mart穩nez, Juliana.泭2018. Latinx thoughts: Latinidad with an X. Latino Studies. October, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp 384395.
- Cornejo, Giancarlo; Mart穩nez, Juliana; Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador.泭2018. LGBT studies without LGBT studies: mapping alternative pathways in Per繳 and Colombia. Journal of Homosexuality. Special issue: 25 years on: The state and continuing development of LGBTQ Studies programs.泭Online First:泭
Edited Volumes
Books
- Mart穩nez, Juliana and Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador. Eds. Travar el saber, experiencias trans/travestis de educaci籀n en Argentina. Universidad de la Plata, Argentina. 2018. Available at:泭
Especial Editions Peer Reviewed Journals:
- Mart穩nez, Juliana; Su獺rez Rodr穩guez, Helena; and Gil Hern獺ndez, Franklin. Eds. Revista de Estudios Colombianos. 58:2 (2021).
- Aristiz獺bal Juanita and Mart穩nez Juliana. Eds. Violent Tales: Cultural Representation in Colombia and Mexico.泭Revista de Estudios Hisp獺nicos. 53:1 (2019).
Book chapters
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. 2021. Siempre agua, el diluirse del sujeto, el tiempo y la violencia en la obra de Tom獺s Gonz獺lez. 泭In泭El manglar de la memoria. Ensayos cr穩ticos sobre la obra de Tom獺s Gonz獺lez, edited by Claudia Montilla and Norman Valencia. Universidad de Los Andes Press: Bogot獺, Colombia, 411-436. Best Book Compilation Award. Asociaci籀n de Colombianistas, 2021.
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. 2017. La mirada sin perspectiva de la niebla, fantolog穩a y desaparici籀n en En el lejero. In Evelio Rosero y lo ciclos de la creaci籀n literaria. Edited by Felipe G籀mez and Mar穩a del Carmen Saldarriaga. Opera Eximia Collection, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana University Press, Bogot獺, Colombia, 37-56.
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. 2015. Fog Instead of Land, Spectral Topographies of Disappearance in Colombias Recent Literature and Film. In Espectros, Ghostly Hauntings in Contemporary Transhispanic Narratives. Edited by Alberto Ribas-Casayas and Amanda L. Petersen.泭2016. Bucknell University Press: Lewisburg, 117-131.
- Mart穩nez, Juliana. 2014. Lo que no se nombra no existe. Regulaci籀n, medios de comunicaci籀n y g矇nero en Colombia. In Pol穩ticas p繳blicas de comunicaci籀n y g矇nero en Latino Am矇rica: un camino por recorrer. Edited by Sandra Chaher. Comunicaci籀n para la Igualdad Ediciones y Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Buenos Aires, 43-59.
Public Scholarship and Media Appearances
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2021 Latinx Characters in Hightowns Second Season: 泭A Much-Needed Dose of Context and Complexity. Ms. Magazine泭
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2021 Lenguaje inclusivo para todas, todos y todes. Caracol Radio, Colombia. Abril 18, 2021.
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2020 De la hetero-normatividad al desarrollo incluyente 聶Y si hablamos de igualdad? Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, BID.
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2020 Spanish Language: Unlikely Battleground for Gender Inclusion泭 51勛圖LA Blog. Center for Latin American and Latino Studies. 51勛圖.
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2018. Cultural Appropriation & Holidays: When Does Celebrating Become Stereotyping? The Kojo Nnambdi Show. May 2, 2018.泭
- 2017.泭泭We Need to Talk About the Shifting Meaning of Diversity. Diverse Issues in Higher Education泭
- 2017. 13 Reasons Why,泭Stop Telling Young Women True Love Will Save Them. HuffingtonPost泭
- 2016. J-Lo's narco drama needs to dig deep to avoid Colombian cocaine stereotypes The Guardian泭